(TAN): Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said in a nationally televised broadcast that Thailand planned to allow fully vaccinated foreign visitors to enter Thailand by air with no quarantine requirements from November 1.
In the initial phase, Thailand will allow fully vaccinated travellers from at least 10 low-risk countries, including China, Germany, Singapore, the UK and USA. The list will be expanded from December 1, and further enhanced to a very extensive list from January 1.
Under the plan, fully vaccinated foreign visitors from the approved countries will need to show that they are Covid-free at their time of travel with an RT-PCR test undertaken before they leave their home country, and do a test in Thailand, after which they will be free to move around Thailand in the same way that any Thai citizen can do, the PM said.
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Visitors from countries not on the list, will, of course, still be much welcomed, but with quarantine and other requirements.
The PM said consumption of alcoholic beverages in restaurants as well as the operation of entertainment venues under appropriate health precautions would be allowed from December 1.
